Shannon Miller Quotes

I'm a very competitive person, but competitive with myself. I want to be the best that I can be, and if that means that I'm eventually better than everyone else, then so be it. But I don't go around comparing and contrasting myself with other actors if I can help it. It's also, I think, the key to my success.

I really don't focus on the competition at all. Like even on the football field it's me versus me.

The only one who can beat me is me.

You can't command people to do their best; they can only command that of themselves.

You cannot build a company or manage a life by chasing others; you have to find your success competing against yourself. There will always be a bigger fish.

I am not the one who has to try to beat me.

I train as smart as I can. I'm not concerned what others think. I do what works for me.

I don't know how I have got this habit, but I try to play one match and give it my best - it doesn't matter which level of cricket I am playing in. It gives me satisfaction that I am not thinking about others, not competing with others.

I'm only competing with myself.

I guess more players lick themselves that are ever licked by an opposing team. The first thing any man has to know is how to handle himself.

I'm competitive with myself, and that goes hand in hand with how I present myself. I'm not only trying to put one foot in front of the other, I'm trying to put my best foot forward.

I've been in a competitive situation almost all my life. I've been having a competition with myself and trying to be the best I could be.

I've never been competitive with anybody but myself.

If you ask another competitor, they may tell you they felt very competitive towards me. But I can tell you that my biggest competition was myself. There's only so much you can do, right? There is only so much energy that one has. My focus was on how do I get the best out of myself.

I can be very competitive, but I mainly want to challenge myself.

As I said, the biggest competition is myself and it will always be.

I'm always thinking about the private battle, even in the field. I'm always trying to be better than the other person I'm against.

I compete with myself. I try to get more done than you. I don't know why.

Long-term, we must begin to build our internal strengths. It isn't just skills like computer technology. It's the old-fashioned basics of self-reliance, self-motivation, self-reinforcement, self-discipline, self-command.

Everybody doesn't get to do each and every film. I don't compete with others; I compete with myself. I have been an athlete, a sportsperson; so I know how to be competitive in a healthy way.

I do not try to dance better than anyone else. I only try to dance better than myself.

The biggest competition is myself. I am not looking to follow others or pull them down. I'm planning to test my own boundaries.

The only real influence I've ever had was myself.

You have to have a strong sense of self in this business - otherwise they're going to spit you out.

One of the first things I learned about acting was, the only person you compete against is yourself.